It’s like Crazy Rich Asians except way less intense.
Tag: Vol. 48 No. 28
Issue of Apr. 18 – 24, 2019
Posted inFood & Drink
Buena Vista celebrates 15 years in a changing landscape
The family-owned restaurant remains in East Lakeview as the number of Mexican immigrants has gone down and rents have gone up.
Posted inColumns & Opinion
Chicago poli-tricks as usual
Aldermen just raised property taxes to pay for Rahm’s TIF handout to his pals.
Posted inColumns & Opinion
My girlfriend once dated her married boss
Advice on when it’s acceptable to dig through ancient e-mails
Posted inArts & Culture
Corona boldly embraces every space opera cliche
Otherworld’s mashup of Greek mythology and Star Trek is campy fun.
Posted inArts & Culture
Nureyev tells the epic story of the dancer’s extraordinary life and tumultuous times
“He was Mick Jagger before Mick Jagger.”
Posted inArts & Culture
Medusa Undone argues that even gorgons suffer from rape culture
Otherworld retells the old myth from a feminist perspective.
Posted inArts & Culture
Utility shows the high cost of living in quiet desperation
Emily Schwend’s drama is a resonant portrait of life in the shadows of the American dream.
Posted inFilm
The Chicago Palestine Film Festival provides a framework for understanding recent events in the Middle East
These eight features and ten shorts comprise an exhaustive look at Palestinian life.
Posted inFilm
In 3 Faces, Iranian director Jafar Panahi turns the camera inward
How much can artists control the world around them?
Posted inArts & Culture
Hannah and Martin, the two smartest people in Germany, fall in love
But what happens when one’s a Nazi apologist and the other’s a Jew?